Protecting apron for ironing boards



Jan. 11, 1949. E. s. LYON 2,458,613

PROTECTING APRON FOR IRONING BOARDS Filed Sept 16, 1947 Patented Jan. 11, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,458,613 7 rao mormonrmoN FOR IRONING BOARDS Ethel S. Lyon, Williamsburg, Va.

Application September 16, I947, Ser'ialNo. 774,333

This invention has for its object .to .provide a protecting cover or investment for the supporting structure and adjacent floor area for an ironing board of that type in :commonruse in which there isa flat top and a supporting structure for the top based on the floor. The object is thus to provide for the protection of articles being ironed or depending from the top of the ironing board against injuryby contact with the supporting structure itself, or by contact with the floor, which might otherwise result in soiling the articles or damage to the material thereof.

The object of the invention is further to provide such a device which may readily and economically be constructed and which may readily be placed in position on the ironing board and removed therefrom.

The nature and objects of the invention will appear more fully from the following description and drawings and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Two forms of ironing board of the type to which this invention in the form of a cover is applicable, and which are in common use, are

illustrated, but it will be understood that the invention is applicable to any form of ironing board of this general type. Such an ironing board consists of a relatively narrow elongated fiat top having a supporting structure therefor based on the floor. This supporting structure is usually either of the form in which there is one leg at the front and two legs at the rear, or in the form in which there are two legs at the front and two at the rear, in both cases with suitable connecting elements or struts, and in 37 both cases so constructed that the supporting structure may be folded up substantially parallel with the top.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective looking toward the front illustrating the first form of ironing board with a preferred form of the invention in place thereon; and,

Fig. 2 is a View in perspective looking toward the rear of the second form of ironing board with a preferred form of the invention in place thereon.

In the construction shown in Fig. l the ironing board consists of a top I of the usual narrow elongated flat shape and a supporting structure having a front leg 2 and two rear legs 3. These legs, which rest upon the floor, are connected by suitable struts in any suitable or usual manner, and preferably so that the supporting structure may be folded up against and substantially par- 1 Claim. (Cl. 38-441) 2 allelwith the :bottomof the top when the iron- :ing board is notin use.

The investment or cover of this invention consists of two sections, a skirt section anda base section. The :skirtflsection 4 is shaped to surround at least the front and sides of the supportingstructure, but. which may extend if desired at the rear, and this skirt section extends from va'dacent the top 'I to the floor. The skirt section terminates .at the rear in substantially vertical free edges .5. The base section 6 is securedto the lower edge .of the skirt section and extends outward therefrom to cover an area of "the floorlsubstantially greater than the area of the top.

T-hese two sections of the apron may be made of any suitable fabric, such as ordinary woven cloth, and may if desired be coated or impregnated with any suitable material. The skirt sec tion is preferably composed of two similar complemental pieces of the fabric each extending from the front edge I to the rear edge 5. Similarly the base section is preferably composed of two similar complemental pieces of the fabric extending from the central line 8 to the rear edge 9. The two pieces of the two sections and the two sections themselves are secured together on the lines 1 and 8 which lie in the central longitudinal vertical plane of the ironing board, and also along the line it at the bottom edge of the skirt section. This seam preferably will be performed by stitching and the free edge ll of the base section, the terminal edges 5 of the skirt section, and the upper edge l2 of the skirt section are all preferably hemmed.

Suitable means are provided for securing the skirt section snugly in place on the supporting structure beneath the top. For this purpose in the construction illustrated in Fig. 1 a drawstring I3 is passed through the hem at the top edge l2 of the skirt section and tied in place at the rear of the supporting structure beneath the top.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 2 is similar to that described, the only difference being in its adaptation to the slightly diiferent form of supporting structure in which there are four legs. In this construction the top M of the ironing board is similar to that shown in Fig. 1, but here the supporting structure is provided with two legs 15 extending to the rear and two legs l6 extending to the front and based on the floor. These legs also are suitably connected and braced and preferably are foldable into a position parallel with and beneath the top.

In this form the skirt section ll of the cover likewise surrounds the front and both sides of the supporting structure, but owing to the shape of the supporting structure presents a flat panel at the front. While this skirt section may be made in three pieces it is preferably made in two similar complemental pieces seamed together at the line IS. The base section is preferably also composed of two similar complemental sections seamed together at the line IS with the lines l8 and ill lying in the central longitudinal vertical plane of the ironing board. These two sections and the pieces thereon are preferably united by stitching and the skirt section is preferably hemmed at the upper edge 20.

The fastening means for securing the skirt section snugly in place in this case is shown as flexible elements, such as tapes or cords 2| passing through grommets 22 in the rear ends of the hemmed portion 20.

It will thus be seen that the cover of this invention protects any articles depending from the top of the ironing board against injury by contact either with the supporting structure or the floor. The supporting structure of these ironing boards may beand often is more or less roughly finished and liable to catch the fibres or threads of delicate garments being ironed if they come into contact therewith. Furthermore, if any garments, particularly of a white or light color, come in contact with the floor, they may be soiled. All this is fully guarded against by this invention.

Furthermore, the cover may be readily and economically made and is easily put in place simply by placing it around the supporting structure and connecting the fastening devices and is just as readily removed by disconnecting the fastening devices.

There is thus presented a very simple, efiicient protecting cover for an ironing board of this type.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

A protecting apron for an ironing board, of that type having a flat top and a supporting structure based on the floor, consisting of a skirt section and a flat base section of fabric, with the skirt section surrounding at least the front and sides of the supporting structure and extending from adjacent the top to the floor and terminating at the rear in substantially vertical free edges, With the base section secured to the lower edge of the skirt section and extending outward therefrom to cover an area of the floor substantially greater than the area of the top, thereby to protect articles depending from the top from injury by either the supporting structure or the floor, and means for securing the skirt section snugly in place on the supporting structure beneath the top.

ETHEL S. LYON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,897,081 Sorenson Feb. 14, 1933 2,414,988 Ullberg Jan. 28, 1947 

